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#yearoflinuxonthedesktop

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esa<p>I've seen some varying opinions around <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/EndOf10" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EndOf10</span></a> and <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> and the inevitable <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/YearOfLinuxOnTheDesktop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>YearOfLinuxOnTheDesktop</span></a> meme, and I want to chime in that this is a regular part of the OS lifecycle. Linux users might appear in a slow dribble otherwise, but we grow more rapidly when MS fumbles. I started Linux to get away from <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/WindowsME" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WindowsME</span></a>, and there were similar moods around <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/WindowsVista" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WindowsVista</span></a> and <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/Windows8" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Windows8</span></a>. The event is neither a joke nor a start of Linux supremacy, just a good opportunity.</p>
Dave Wilburn :donor:<p>Me, naively: "I think I'll spend some time troubleshooting this minor Linux sound problem. Surely Linux sound support has improved over the last few years."</p><p>[...]</p><p>Me, several hours later, wearing torn and filthy rags and screaming on a street corner: "AND THE LIVING SHALL ENVY THE DEAF!"</p><p>Onlooker: "'Deaf?' Don't you mean 'dead'?"</p><p>Me: "DID I FUCKING STUTTER?"</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/yearoflinuxonthedesktop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>yearoflinuxonthedesktop</span></a></p>
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